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Kemmerer and Releated Items
Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and clos...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
Kemmerer and Releated Items
Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and clos...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
Kemmerer and Releated Items (3 of 4)
Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and clos...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
Kemmerer and Releated Items (4 of 4)
Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and clos...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
High Standard Alidade
This alidade consists of straightedges with a rigidly-mounted telescope that can be rotated through the vertical angle ±30. The telescope is set on a high standard or post (4 inches in height) to raise it above the table. The telescope for the high standard is 16 power, inverting type with internal ...
Location: USA
Gurley Micrometer Alidade
Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York. The micrometer attachment us a modification of the tangent screw attached to the horizontal axis of the telescope and used for measuring vertical angles in terms of their tangents. Relatively few of these types of alidades are listed in early 1900s p...
Location: USA
Pendulum Self-leveling Alidade
This is a telescopic alidade in which a pendulum device, or compensator replaces the conventional bubble for establishing a horizontal reference line from which vertical angles may be measured. Alidades were the primary mapping instrument in the U.S. from about 1865 to the 1980s, when they were repl...
Location: USA
Explorer's Alidade
Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser, New York & New Jersey. In this type of alidade, as opposed to the high standard, the telescope mounted close to the straightedge, producing a more compact instrument. A right-angle prism is attached to the eyepiece and permits viewing by looking down. A cylindrical b...
Location: USA
Telescopic Alidade
A high standard alidade; this type of alidade permits direct viewing through the telescope. The level is mounted below the inverting telescope and the base (blade) is solid brass with circular voids. Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser, New York & New Jersey.
Object ID: USGS-000165...
Location: USA
Drafting Set
Also known as a drawing set, the instruments were used in cartographic work. The instruments include ruling pens and ring head dividers. This set was manufactured by Eugene Dietzgen & Company, Chicago and New York. The set was used by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch in the early decade...
Location: USA
Rigid Graver with Loupe
Gravers were used in cartographic work by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch. Graver types include rigid, swivel, building and fine line.
Object ID: USGS-000178...
Location: USA
Cast Bronze Benchmark
Benchmarks can be divided into two general groups: the "vertical control points" are points that mark a very precise elevation above the standard datum plane (usually referred to as elevation above sea level) and the "horizontal control points" are points with precisely established latitude and long...
Location: USA
Stereoscope used in Photogrammetry
Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is any technique capable of producing three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. This apparatus was manufactured by Oculus.
Object ID: USGS-000192...
Location: USA
Argus Film Projector
Manufactured by Argus Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This projector was used for 35mm slides.
Object ID: USGS-000194...
Location: USA
T21 Theodolite
Manufactured by WILD Heerbrugg, Switzerland. This instrument was made in the late 1950s- early 1960s and was in service until the late 1970s. It includes its original air-tight and water-tight steel case, as well as its shipping case.
Object ID: USGS-000198...
Location: USA
Tagged Marker Stake
Used in U.S. Geological Survey field work.
Object ID: USGS-000209...
Location: USA
Plane Table with Tripod
Plane tables are also known as drawing boards. The round leg tripod is made from hardwood, with a bronze head, steel tips and plum bob.
Object ID: USGS-000210...
Location: USA
Split-leg Tripod (Plane Table Base)
Constructed of maple with cast bronze Johnson Head, leather strap, cast steel shoes and attached hooks (probably not original). This tripod is about 50-1/2" in height (closed) and is nearly identical to another tripod in the USGS Collection (USGS-492)....
Location: USA
Leather Boots
The soles of made of heavy-duty rubber with metal studs.
Object ID: USGS-000212...
Location: USA
Canvas Plane Table Case
Used in field work by Thomas B. Nolan, who served as the seventh Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1956-1965).
Object ID: USGS-000214...
Location: USA
Bird-banding Kit
The kit contains over 600 pieces and was used at the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland.
Object ID: USGS-000219...
Location: USA
Quintant Sextant or Lattice Sextant
This instrument was manufactured by Spencer, Browning & Rust, London. A sextant is used for measuring the altitude of the sun or another celestial body; such measurements can then be used to determine the observer's geographical position or for other navigational, surveying, or astronomical applicat...
Location: USA
Copper Crucible Oven
Manufactured by E.H. Sargent and Company. The set includes the oven, ceramic crucibles, a mortar & pestle, lead tape and stirrers.
Object ID: USGS-000233...
Location: USA
Stereoscope
Manufactured by Q-O-S Corporation, New York for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Although originally designed for military reconnaissance work, this type of instrument was used for map reading of aerial photographs up to 8".
Object ID: USGS-000235...
Location: USA
Heavy Metal Separator Funnel
This apparatus is known by various names: Separatory Funnel, Heavy Metal Separator, Sep Funnel and a few more. This is an example of antique lab equipment which can be found in the U.S. Geological Survey museum collection.
Object ID: USGS-000239...
Location: USA
Distiller
Distilling Apparatus or Still. The prominent feature of this antique lab equipment is the spherical copper globe. Object ID: USGS-000240...
Location: USA
Barometer or Barograph
This device records atmospheric pressure and uses twelve stacked aneroid barometer cells in its mechanism to move a pen upon paper, both of which are attached to a drum moved by clockwork. The apparatus is enclosed in a wooden cabinet with set-in glass viewing pane.
Object ID: USGS-000242...
Location: USA
Water Testing PH Analysis Kit
Manufactured by Lamotte Chemical Products Company, Chestertown, Maryland sometime after 1930.
Object ID: USGS-000249...
Location: USA
Bevel Protractor
Object has its original Case. A graduated circular protractor with pivoting arm, it is used for measuring or marking off angles. This instrument was manufactured by Bowen & Company and was first used by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers before being transferred to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Object I...
Location: USA
Weston Direct-Reading Ammeter
Model #6367, believed to be manufactured December 15, 1898 by the Weston Electrical Instrument Company, Newark, New Jersey. Edward Weston introduced this type of meter in 1889 and was a serious competitor of Thomas Edison in the development of electricity. This ammeter was the first pivoted moving c...
Location: USA
Rock Dust Testing Kit
Manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances Company sometime after 1914, the wood cabinet-like chest includes an analytical balance, pans and flasks.
Object ID: USGS-000259...
Location: USA
Geiger Counter
Electron & Nuclear Counter, Model #ARA35-1, Type DW-51. Manufactured by Cyclotron Specialties Company. Additional information would be appreciated.
Object ID: USGS-000262...
Location: USA
"Lucky Strike" Geiger Counter
Serial # 06C1147, Model #106B. Manufactured by Precision Radiation Instruments, Inc., Los Angeles, California. This instrument was purchased and used in the Rocky Mountain region by U.S. Geological Survey scientists.
Object ID: USGS-000268...
Location: USA
Tower Press Camera
"4x5" enclosure camera with Rangefinder and Wollensak Raptar lens serial #A18388, 62 mm, 1950s-60s. Manufactured by Busch Optical Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois (also known as Busch Precision Camera Corporation). The company was famous for its versatile press cameras which featured an opti...
Location: USA
Stereo Compilation (3D) Glasses
Manufactured by the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company. Stereographs and stereo compilation glasses are used in the photogrammetry, which is the process of making maps or scale drawings from photographs, especially aerial photographs.
Object ID: USGS-000276...
Location: USA
35mm Coupled Rangefinder Camera
Equipped with a Summaron Lens, 1950s. Manufactured in Leitz, Germany.
Object ID: USGS-000277...
Location: USA
Kodak Folding Pocket Camera
With original case.
Object ID: USGS-000287...
Location: USA
Fairchild Cartographic Aircraft Camera
The camera is type CA-8, with magazine serial #291; it uses 9" film and has a 6" focal length.
Object ID: USGS-000289...
Location: USA
Lens Cone Aircraft Camera
type 12" K-17C
Object ID: USGS-000290...
Location: USA
Brass Gravers with Needle-like Nibs
Used in cartography work.
Object ID: USGS-000294...
Location: USA
Swivel Graver with Loupe
Gravers were used in cartographic work by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch. Graver types include rigid, swivel, building and fine line.
Object ID: USGS-000302...
Location: USA
AGFA Large-format View Camera on Portable Stand
This Rembrandt Portrait Studio Camera uses sheet film negatives. AGFA was the abbreviation for Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation, given in 1873 to a company that had been founded in Berlin in 1867.
Object ID: USGS-000322...
Location: USA
Expedition Alidade with Case
The rectangular base (blade) features two different types of spirit levels and a trough compass. Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York.
Object ID: USGS-000328...
Location: USA
Abney Level
A pocket instrument used in surveying which consists of a fixed sighting tube, a movable spirit level connected to a pointing arm and an arced scale graduated 0 to 90º in both directions. When correctly used, the Abney Level is an accurate surveying tool used to measure degrees, percent of grade and...
Location: USA
Gurley Dip Needle Lake Superior Model with Case
Also known as a Forrester's Compass or Miner's Compass, a dip (or dipping) needle is an instrument for measuring the intensity of the earth's magnetic field. It is used to locate buried or hidden metal. Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York.
Object ID: USGS-000345...
Location: USA
Stadia Hand Transit with Case
This instrument was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey, serial #2300. Stadia Hand Transits are made of up a small telescope with cross and stadia hairs and a circular box which serves as either a magnetic compass or clinometer. The company sold these instruments from 1910...
Location: USA
Surveying Altimeter
This type of altimeter is a precision aneroid barometer that translates barometric (air) pressure into altitude. Temperature compensation calculations, as well as calculations to account for diurnal barometric change need to be recorded during use. In the field the survey altimeter first must be pla...
Location: USA
Dumpy Level
Prism level manufactured by C.L. Berger & Sons, serial# 16898. The company was founded by Christian Louis Berger (1842-1922) who was born at Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Boston in 1866. In 1871 he joined with George Louis Buff, and began trading as Buff & Berger. In 1898, after an acrimonious dis...
Location: USA
Altimeter
Pocket Model used to measure altitude. Accurate to 15,000 ft. Made in Aug. 1968 by Revue Thommen AG, Switzerland.
Object ID: USGS-000646...
Location: USA
Mannheim Type Slide Rule with Leather Sleeve
Original Box & Booklets. Marketed as being made of Ivorite, this slide rule was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey in the 1960s. All slide rules consist of three parts (the stock, the slide and the cursor or indicator) and have logarithmic scales that can be moved in rela...
Location: USA
Polarimeter
An early optoelectronic instrument manufactured by Ernst Leitz G.m.b.H., Wetzlar, Germany, serial #25748. The instrument consists of a weighted stand with optics device with attached power cord, transformer box ("Regel-Transformator / Nur für Wechselstrom / 120/220 Volt - 50 HZ / Typ REDYX Nr. 25748...
Location: USA
Grover
Grover was built in just four months in 1971 by the USGS Astrogeology Research Program (called the Branch of Astrogeology at the time) and used to training Apollo 15-17 astronauts at the Cinder Lakes training ground near Flagstaff, in California's Mojave Desert, and in the Rio Grande gorge near Taos...
Location: USA
Denver Display
Director's Display in Denver Colorado. It displays surveying equipment used by USGS field scientists. Some of the instruments included are engineer's levels, transits, hand-held transits, altimeters and microscopes.
Object ID: USGS-DenverDisplay(1of2)...
Location: USA
Denver Display
Director's Display in Denver Colorado. It displays surveying equipment used by USGS field scientists. Some of the instruments included are engineer's levels, transits, hand-held transits, altimeters and microscopes.
Object ID: USGS-DenverDisplay(2of2)...
Location: USA
Chart Dividers
Description: Also known as a measuring compass or proportional divider, chart dividers are used in cartography (map making), as well as nautical navigation. In map making this divider is used to change the scale from one map to another. Manufactured by Bowen & Company, Inc. Serial # 310R and marked ...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
Engineer's or Wye Level with Case
Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, before 1950. The case is original, marked "HYDROGRAPHY / U.S.G.S." and "1939". The case includes an adaptive re-use of a belt as the carrying strap. The instrument has serial #1749 and was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Discipline'...
Location: Restion, VA, USA
Engineer's or Wye Level with Case
Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, before 1950. The case is original, marked ""HYDROGRAPHY / U.S.G.S." and "1939". The case includes an adaptive re-use of a belt as the carrying strap. The instrument has serial #1749 and was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Discipline...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
Engineer's or Wye Level with Case
Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, before 1950. The case is original, marked ""HYDROGRAPHY / U.S.G.S." and "1939". The case includes an adaptive re-use of a belt as the carrying strap. The instrument has serial #1749 and was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Discipline...
Location: Reston, VA, USA
Saddle Blanket
This is one of many saddle blankets from Dr. J.D. Love. The blanket has some felt decoration along the edges and is in particularily good condition. Saddle Blankets were used under saddles or pack saddles to provide comfort for animals used to carry equipment.
Object ID: USGS-000011...
Location: USA
Pack Saddle
This is a pack saddle used by Arnold Hague in the late 1800s. The wooden saddle has leather straps and a cinch used for the animal's comfort when carrying especially large loads. Pack saddles could be used to carry panniers or other large objects.
Object ID: USGS-000014...
Location: USA
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